Beef-hoist



(No Model.)

J. R. LUKING 8v 0. THOMPSON.

BEEP HOIST.

No. 455,408. Patented Jlfly '7, 1891.

' Witnesses 'nying drawings, in -which UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN R. LUKING AND CHASE THOMPSON, OF FINDLAY, OHIO.

BEEF-HOIST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,408, dated July 7,1891. Application filed December 15, 1890. erial No. 374,836. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it'ma'y concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN R. LUKING and CHASE THOMPSON, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Findlay, in the county of Hancock and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Beef-Hoists for Outdoor Work; and we do declare the following to be a full,clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Our invention has relation to improvements in hoisting apparatus; and ithas for its general objectto provide an apparatus of a cheap, simple,and capable construction adapted to hoist beef and other heavy meat intoa convenient position for dressing.

The improvements will be fully understood from the following descriptionand claims, when taken in connection with the accompa- Figure l is afront elevation of our improved hoist with the adjustable casting andbeams 1n a lowered position. Fig. 2 is a perspective View with thecasting and beams in an ele-' vated position;

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A indicates theobliquely-pitched standard of .our improved apparatus, which is providedwith lateral flanges adjacent its forward side,-

as shown, to guide the movable casting B,

which is mounted on the said standard and is adapted to be raised andlowered to suitably elevate the beef-supporting beams, as will bepresently described. This casting-B, which is preferably of a generalrectangular form,is provided with the rear inwardly directed flanges a,as shown, whereby it is held upon the standard and prevented from casuallateral displacement Formed integral with or suitably connected tothesides of the casting B and extending laterally therefrom are hooks O,designed to engage the staples b in j the upper edge of the beams D,adjacent the upper end thereof. The supporting-beams D, which arepreferably of the proportional length shown, are preferably beveled ontheir inside at their upper end,so that they will be slightly spreadlaterally with respect to the standard A, as is desirable.

Extending laterally from the outside of the beams D, adjacent theirupper ends, are hooks E, which are designed and adapted for holdingbeefor other meat upon the beams during the operation of dressing thesame.

Journaled in the bracket-bearings c, at-

tached to the sides of the main portion of the.

porting beams. Loosely f ulcru med at one end,

and preferably upon the shaft of thewindlass, is a lever J which isprovided with a pivoted depending pawl K, adapted to engage the teeth ofthe ratchet G to rotate the Windlass, for the purpose described. I

' L indicates a pivotally-mounted depending pawl,which is adapted toengage the teeth of the ratchet to prevent the Windlass from rotatingbackward when not desired.

In' operation the casting B and beams D are.

lowered, as shown in Fig. 1 (f the drawings, when the beef maybe readilyplaced thereon and secured by the hooks E. Thelever J is then operated,when the pawl K, engaging the ratchet G, rotates the Windlass F, windsthe rope H, and raises the casting B and beams D, with the beef thereon,into a position whereby the beef may be conveniently dressed.

Thus it will be seen that a single man is enabled to handle and dress abeef without assistance, as was heretofore necessary.

By the construction disclosed it will further 1 be seen that the severalparts may be readily disconnected, whereby the apparatus may beconveniently moved from place to place.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In an apparatus for hoisting beef, the combination, with a standardhaving lat-eral flanges adjacent its forward side, of a casting mountedthereon and adapted to be raised and lowered, supporting-beams looselyconnected to said casting, and a suitable means for raising and loweringthe casting and beams, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the standard having lateral flanges adjacentits forward side, the movable casting mounted thereon, and the beamsloosely connected to said casting, of'a rope connected at one end to thecasting and taking over a pulley j ournaled in the standard, a Windlassjournaled in bearings on the standard and adapted to Wind the rope, aratchet fixed to said Windlass, and a lever carrying a pawl adapted toengage the ratchet, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 3. Abeef-hoist for the purpose described,

comprising a standard provided with a Vertical pulley adjacent its upperend, a movable casting mounted upon the said standard and provided withlateral hooks, the supporting- JOHN R. LUKING. CHASE THOMPSON.

\Vitn esses:

ED. R. GUINEY, J. C. BETLER.

